Red Planet

Red Planet is a nickname for the planet Mars, due to its surface color. It may also refer to:

  • Red Planet (novel) by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Red Planet (miniseries), a 1994 animated adaptation of the novel
  • Red Planet (film), an unrelated 2000 film starring Val Kilmer
  • Red Planet (game), a BattleTech game scenario
  • Red Planet Mars a 1952 film based on a 1932 play Red Planet

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or planet:

    “Its whether will ye be a rank robber’s wife,
    Or will ye die by my wee pen knife?

    Its I’ll not be a rank robber’s wife,
    But I’ll rather die by your wee pen knife.

    He ‘s killed this may and he ‘s laid her by,
    For to bear the red rose company.”
    —Unknown. Babylon; or, The Bonnie Banks o’ Fordie (l. 9–14)

    “The planet on which we live is poorly organized, many areas are overpopulated, others are reserved for a few, technology’s potential is only in part realized, and most people are starving.”
    —Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)